DOLE allots P100-M to employ typhoon-hit informal workers
(File photo) - Some 25,000 informal sectors workers affected by Typhoon Odette in the Visayas and Mindanao last week will be provided with emergency employment, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Wednesday. In a statement, Secretary Silvestre Bello III said a total of PHP100 million has been allocated to the flagship cash-for-work Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) for said workers who are in the hardest-hit regions. The regions of Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Caraga will each get PHP20 mill...